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> Isn't this just...black-body radiation? I think that they explicitly controlled for that. From the article: > The results revealed that despite both groups
by throw10920 1y ago
> Isn't this just...black-body radiation?
I think that they explicitly controlled for that. From the article:
> The results revealed that despite both groups having the same body temperature of 37°C, the live mice showed robust emissions, whereas the UPE from the euthanized mice was nearly extinguished.
It's possible that they controlled improperly, but that's another question - from my reading of the above, they artificially heated the corpses (or measured immediately after death) to control for blackbody radiation.
- mock-possum 1y agoDid they kill those mice just so they could see whether they stopped glowing when they died? :/
- junon 1y agoCould be, yes. Mice have it real bad in labs. Many people have commented over the years about not being able to pursue their careers doing lab work because of all the abuse on mice. One of those uncomfortable realities we live in; the mice have allowed us to make so many discoveries but it's a bit macabre how it all works.
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- whimsicalism 1y agohumans kill animals by hundreds of millions every single day, i have trouble understanding the furor caused specifically by lab experiments which are likely significantly more beneficial than the median slaughter
- rayiner 1y ago[flagged]
- mrguyorama 1y agoThey are studying the difference between a live thing and a not-alive thing. What thing would you rather they have killed? Or would you rather not study this at all?
- _DeadFred_ 1y ago"Good new, we discovered souls. Also... good? (cough) news we..... let many mice souls free"